tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14705757065988253432026-08-18T12:38:30.050-07:00Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-25781152157210417042026-01-01T20:34:00.000-08:002026-01-04T11:45:53.497-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnPhdllaRcPp92wTNQDECSlLOm8jdiSKb4u_KqmDu5LDOQMFLqmi5fuIBXixk_KHkVUKHMGrEjcyTQ-ReGAqeEdOwWhJaaZ-4rE3JBpFWphRMvh5izr7GM3is8dJrPNnKXTk1FDc9bCSo/s1600/800px-Jefferson_Memorial_at_night.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520689515715704450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnPhdllaRcPp92wTNQDECSlLOm8jdiSKb4u_KqmDu5LDOQMFLqmi5fuIBXixk_KHkVUKHMGrEjcyTQ-ReGAqeEdOwWhJaaZ-4rE3JBpFWphRMvh5izr7GM3is8dJrPNnKXTk1FDc9bCSo/s400/800px-Jefferson_Memorial_at_night.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 344px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 436px;" /></a><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-41144140508189151732025-12-01T20:26:00.000-08:002025-12-08T13:46:27.433-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwwKtI19gj2YVgFYCTR62GfRlPvGUb4pCusEH0mnG4C242nEyAWU8Q-wc4CqeIHZDD0xbh9pkhbq48gaGHJJ0uM3dOL8ncCoMYAtn0VXRc7NVUhq-ByYXpu5IFVNudJvzyrPPk5-nNJkS/s1600/tj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwwKtI19gj2YVgFYCTR62GfRlPvGUb4pCusEH0mnG4C242nEyAWU8Q-wc4CqeIHZDD0xbh9pkhbq48gaGHJJ0uM3dOL8ncCoMYAtn0VXRc7NVUhq-ByYXpu5IFVNudJvzyrPPk5-nNJkS/s1600/tj.jpg" width="335" /></a></div> <span><span class="body"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Experience has shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.</span></span></span></div> Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-43629874592553243342011-07-23T10:58:00.000-07:002014-03-13T11:38:05.879-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4nDjDfIFbgqB-PiKDjNfdQDuOjI9zJ3MhnYXFPhmX6FkShN6ZwCuHVXvUgyusPCrdexmV2NR2lqALnorPdIoYIBEcKt3M9B_e_8qWQDCXTzI9bb-VkysRyWF-8L62DYCNVa6MpsqqaPe/s1600/tj1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632609008650700802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4nDjDfIFbgqB-PiKDjNfdQDuOjI9zJ3MhnYXFPhmX6FkShN6ZwCuHVXvUgyusPCrdexmV2NR2lqALnorPdIoYIBEcKt3M9B_e_8qWQDCXTzI9bb-VkysRyWF-8L62DYCNVa6MpsqqaPe/s320/tj1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 415px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 283px;" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size: 250%;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-6939953684556088322010-09-24T20:26:00.004-07:002014-05-22T14:36:48.779-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDI4fvMhSh5FbRneUYl0dOOs5Xt2GbaHZKOPpxbNELlxgzmg6jdC7BY5i648OG7o9mQcdRU2AIT3FS3EWXH6va8ygB112zv6IQUtckRRUaKIy2jhWH78K7YE75eB3YeAUExymq6iNAE4g/s1600/467px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Matthew_Harris_Jouett.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDI4fvMhSh5FbRneUYl0dOOs5Xt2GbaHZKOPpxbNELlxgzmg6jdC7BY5i648OG7o9mQcdRU2AIT3FS3EWXH6va8ygB112zv6IQUtckRRUaKIy2jhWH78K7YE75eB3YeAUExymq6iNAE4g/s400/467px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Matthew_Harris_Jouett.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520687528554185650" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 533px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 415px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><span class="sqq" style="font-size: large;">Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-61015187283253361562010-09-24T20:26:00.001-07:002014-03-13T11:38:05.882-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPYzUMEpkUSHKn2WA4foQApUDgSA4B4GgHHFIWzvu5_zUhsBpF57Pio3BPJZoYe2uIMWv0O71_jZ8LdB2hEXv9GKo8MONhzLGSxUmBmbJ8d2YlUUiQzddSZLTAgAE6cbFBbwmjB1Zky50/s1600/484px-ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 423px; height: 523px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPYzUMEpkUSHKn2WA4foQApUDgSA4B4GgHHFIWzvu5_zUhsBpF57Pio3BPJZoYe2uIMWv0O71_jZ8LdB2hEXv9GKo8MONhzLGSxUmBmbJ8d2YlUUiQzddSZLTAgAE6cbFBbwmjB1Zky50/s400/484px-ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520689231973825346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="body">Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-23858168517849548622010-09-24T20:25:00.001-07:002014-03-13T11:38:05.864-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkPDV13FvYSzVOJ4QAqbYbYAcR9cmm66Yo2lXAyXVIAAoSQ1YL6Z1NtgPlhWHkpRD-Ok3aSsAYwjTLcIjhByAVq4MqXD1-QvWEHEGCwiQr0CMhJ8WHqhitbDgp3o88zdCdhQvY4xj0KJ6/s1600/tj2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkPDV13FvYSzVOJ4QAqbYbYAcR9cmm66Yo2lXAyXVIAAoSQ1YL6Z1NtgPlhWHkpRD-Ok3aSsAYwjTLcIjhByAVq4MqXD1-QvWEHEGCwiQr0CMhJ8WHqhitbDgp3o88zdCdhQvY4xj0KJ6/s320/tj2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632615111783154722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="body">Will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable, that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-9096309126611696652010-09-24T20:24:00.001-07:002014-07-03T14:17:46.625-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="sqq" style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgk-rfJMCuW3g1zrocEcHYbSJqCTCa_x8pcVZCmpAfBOzJRCLCFZINhlPf6bXCzZ-vl8g0f_zxAgRJ3yAUdkv43vzFSMPBREQGFUiRLPNRjRs1qOccTgdBmzbj14x-34KObdoGybC71f1u/s1600/tj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgk-rfJMCuW3g1zrocEcHYbSJqCTCa_x8pcVZCmpAfBOzJRCLCFZINhlPf6bXCzZ-vl8g0f_zxAgRJ3yAUdkv43vzFSMPBREQGFUiRLPNRjRs1qOccTgdBmzbj14x-34KObdoGybC71f1u/s1600/tj.jpg" height="400" width="335" /></a></span></div> <span class="sqq" style="font-size: 130%;"><br />Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add within the limits of the law, because law is often but the tyrant's will; and always so when it violates the right of an individual.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-36576687678441035682010-09-24T20:23:00.000-07:002014-07-03T14:17:48.218-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="sqq" style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U5-GQbMWe15hZ0HQd8S9uQTMr6g8JHLotXHfiqb_W2EcTWVkPEW_66wNodPd4d0ku7RLmRKqAj4-ofgCImFRuPiIjphPAdxeg9doFoCgC54oFKx19MZwZoyEH_Wn67xzemRXCuElL3LM/s1600/tj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U5-GQbMWe15hZ0HQd8S9uQTMr6g8JHLotXHfiqb_W2EcTWVkPEW_66wNodPd4d0ku7RLmRKqAj4-ofgCImFRuPiIjphPAdxeg9doFoCgC54oFKx19MZwZoyEH_Wn67xzemRXCuElL3LM/s1600/tj.jpg" height="400" width="335" /></a></span></div> <span class="sqq" style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span class="sqq" style="font-size: 130%;">We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470575706598825343.post-26030610171488490372010-09-24T20:18:00.001-07:002014-03-13T11:38:05.869-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD55ppU85oapkIAcILLvQ5KOAvfoHzrFwPZTaXfCU9um6pNXLo4bS5ouprUkiwYpBV8CojtaGLpHSJOOOEymwNBIBDc4Had4ue5WXMhSQnoahtA-ZFwXHjIsL3dlVltrfxzp2kGBc_67f/s1600/tj.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 409px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD55ppU85oapkIAcILLvQ5KOAvfoHzrFwPZTaXfCU9um6pNXLo4bS5ouprUkiwYpBV8CojtaGLpHSJOOOEymwNBIBDc4Had4ue5WXMhSQnoahtA-ZFwXHjIsL3dlVltrfxzp2kGBc_67f/s320/tj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632611151625696818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body"><br /><br />A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned, this is the sum of a good government.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.com